REGISTRATION OF DYNAMICALLY CREATED PACKAGED APPLICATIONS
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240311464
The present disclosure concerns methods and systems for registering dynamically created packaged applications with an operating system. A dynamically created packaged application may not include a way to authenticate the packaged application but may declare a dependency on a host package. The host package may include a verified signature and be registered with the operating system. The host package may include a host runtime that references an executable included in the host package. The…
SEMICONDUCTOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR HYBRID DEVICE AND ITS FABRICATION
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240315148
A method of fabricating a semiconductor-superconductor hybrid device comprises providing a workpiece comprising a semiconductor component, a layer of a first superconductor material on the semiconductor component, and a layer of a second superconductor material on the first superconductor material, the second superconductor material being different from the first superconductor material; etching the layer of the second superconductor material to expose a portion of the first…
SONIC INITIATION OF DEVICE INTERACTIVITY
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240314863
The disclosure provides for, at a host computing device, a method of interacting with a target computing device. The method includes receiving one or more sonic waveforms from the target computing device at a microphone subsystem of the host computing device. The host computing device determines an identity of the target computing device via processing of the one or more sonic waveforms. In response to said identity determination, the method includes (1) initializing a wireless data link…
SOLVING MAX-MIN FAIR RESOURCE ALLOCATION AT LARGE SCALE
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240314747
A method for allocating a plurality of network resources to a plurality of network-access demands of a plurality of network guests comprises (a) receiving the plurality of network-access demands; (b) for each of the plurality of network-access demands (i) dynamically computing, from among the plurality of network resources, a resorted order of resources associated with the network-access demand, and (ii) for each network resource associated with the network-access demand, increasing, in…
ASSERTING AND ESTABLISHING PROVENANCE OF MEDIA CONTENT DURING LIVE STREAMING
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240314367
Lightweight mechanisms provide a way to assert provenance when live streaming media content and establish provenance upon playback. For example, a provenance claim generator generates a key pair including a live-stream private key and live-stream public key. The claim generator signs, with a long-term private key reliably associated with a sender, manifest metadata including the live-stream public key, thereby producing a manifest signature. During live streaming, the claim generator…
ADJUSTMENTS TO ENCODING AND DECODING WHEN SWITCHING COLOR SPACES
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240314338
Innovations in encoding or decoding when switching color spaces are presented. For example, some of the innovations relate to signaling of control information for adaptive color space transformation (“ACT”). Other innovations relate to ACT operations. These innovations can improve coding efficiency when switching between color spaces during encoding and decoding.
USE OF CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER OFFSETS IN DEBLOCKING
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240314314
Innovations in use of chroma quantization parameter (“QP”) offsets when determining a control parameter for deblock filtering. For example, as part of encoding, an encoder sets a picture-level chroma QP offset and slice-level chroma QP offset for encoding of a slice of a picture. The encoder also performs deblock filtering of at least part of the slice, where derivation of a control parameter considers only the picture-level chroma QP offset. The encoder outputs at least part of a…
Multichannel Audio Speech Classification
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240312477
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for multichannel audio speech classification. In examples, an audio signal comprising multiple audio channels is received at a processing device. Each of the audio channels in the audio signal is transcoded to a predefined audio format. For each of the transcoded audio channels, an average power value is calculated for one or more data windows in the audio signal. A correlation value is calculated between the average power…
DISPLAY METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BRIGHTNESS ADAPTATION
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240312376
A method of operation of a display device for controlling brightness adaptation comprises (a) receiving a position signal that varies in dependence on a position of a fovea of an eye; (b) receiving a brightness signal that varies in dependence on brightness external to the display device; and (c) projecting a color image into the eye over a range of angles that varies in dependence on the position signal and on the brightness signal, such that when the brightness is below a predetermined…
VISUAL COLLABORATION SYSTEM AI COPILOT FOR IDEA GENERATION
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240311576
A system and method for providing a collaboration template including a brainstorming canvas to a display device of each of a plurality of participants coupled to the system, wherein the template includes a selection element configured to activate an artificial intelligence (AI) chat interface to receive a natural language command from at least one of the participants. The natural language command is received from the participant, combined with context prompts generated by a context…
REGISTRATION OF DYNAMICALLY CREATED PACKAGED APPLICATIONS
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240311463
The present disclosure concerns methods and systems for registering dynamically created packaged applications with an operating system. A dynamically created packaged application may not include a way to authenticate the packaged application but may declare a dependency on a host package. The host package may include a verified signature and be registered with the operating system. The host package may include a host runtime that references an executable included in the host package. The…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SUMMARIZE CHANGE IN AN ELECTRONIC WORKSPACE
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240311412
A data processing system includes: a processor; a network interface; and a memory comprising programming instructions for execution by the processor to: access an electronic workspace; determine a list of changes to the workspace within a period of time; structure a query to a Large Language Model (LLM) or Artificial Intelligence (AI) engine, the query to generate for a user a summary of the changes; obtain a corresponding summary from the LLM or AI engine; and in a user interface,…
Guiding a Generative Model to Create and Interact with a Data Structure
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240311348
A technique leverages a machine-trained pattern-completion engine to successively extract items-of-interest from unstructured data, categorize the items-of-interest, and identify relations in the unstructured data. The technique then generates a structured database based on the information it has identified. In some cases, the items-of-interest represent facts expressed by the unstructured data. The technique also leverages the structured database to perform various application tasks. In…
COLLECTIVE COMMUNICATION AS A MULTI-COMMODITY FLOW PROBLEM
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240311153
A method for scheduling a coordinated transfer of data among a plurality of processor nodes on a network comprises operating a multi-commodity flow model subject to a plurality of predetermined constraints. The model is configured to (a) receive as input a set of demands defining, for each of the plurality of processor nodes, an amount of data to be transferred to that processor node, (b) assign a plurality of paths linking the plurality of processor nodes, and (c) emit a schedule for…
GUIDED OBJECT TARGETING BASED ON PHYSIOLOGICAL FEEDBACK
Granted: September 19, 2024
Application Number:
20240310902
This document relates to employing physiological feedback to aid a user in targeting objects using a computing device. One example relates to a method or technique that can include receiving a user attention signal conveying where a user directs attention. The method or technique can also include, based on the user attention signal, identifying a predicted object that the user intends to target with a targeting mechanism and outputting a visual identification of the predicted object. The…
PHYSIOLOGICAL FEEDBACK FOR PREDICTIVE MODELS
Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number:
20240298946
This document relates to employing biosignals to evaluate predictions made by predictive models. For example, user attention can be inferred from a user attention signal such as gaze. When the user directs attention to a prediction output by a given predictive model, a user reaction signal such as an electroencephalogram or pupillary diameter measurement can be processed to determine whether the user perceives an error. If the user perceives an error, an error indication can be output.…
INTELLIGENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENHANCING IMAGES
Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number:
20240303775
A system and method and for automatically enhancing an input image includes detecting a genre for the input image using a genre identification machine-learning model and identifying one or more objects in the input image using an object identification machine-learning model. The identified genre and objects are then compared to a list of genre and object tags for images in an image library to identify a plurality of genre and object tags that are similar to the identified genre and…
COLLABORATIVE COAUTHORING WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number:
20240303415
A data processing system implements receiving a first textual prompt from a first user via a first user interface of a first client device, the first textual prompt includes a textual description of content to be generated by a generative model; providing the first textual prompt as a first input to the generative model to obtain as an output first collaborative content based on the first textual prompt; receiving an edited version of the first collaborative content from the first client…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WRITING FEEDBACK USING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENGINE
Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number:
20240303247
A data processing system includes: a processor; a memory containing programming instructions for execution by the processor; and a network interface for communicating with an Artificial Intelligence (AI) engine. The programming instructions include an application for generating written content, the application having a function to generate and submit a structured query regarding the written content to the AI engine to generate feedback on an assessed quality of the written content, the…
AUTOMATED UPDATE MANAGEMENT FOR CLOUD SERVICES
Granted: September 12, 2024
Application Number:
20240303062
An orchestration system implements a rollout service that deploys a series of updates to a cloud service while minimizing an impact of a regression caused in the cloud service by one of the updates. The system includes an orchestrator host computer hosting the rollout service; a network interface with a network on which the cloud service is provided; and a database of deployment policy information and records of previous updates to the cloud service. The rollout service automatically…
